Task 4 - Child Safety Investigation

This scoop.it site is a collection of lot of websites that deal with child safety and injury prevention. Take a look & explore the websites.
http://www.scoop.it/t/dhs-child-injury-prevention

You will submit your research task through www.turnitin.com
The line 3 class code is 6311414
The Line 5 Class code is 6311412
The password is childstudies

The Australian Bureau of statistics report
Mortality and Morbidity: Children's Accidents and Injuries


There are lots of differing views on child safety and how we should treat this issue.
There are a few different ones.

Kohl's Safety and Injury Prevention Program for Kids - Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Gever Tully: 5 Dangerous things you should let your kids do;.

Steven Levitt on Car Seats

Using technology to promote child safety - Fun Theory

Using technology to promote safe driving - Fun Theory

WRITING YOUR INVESTIGATION

Writing your investigation: A powerpoint presentation to get you on the right track




A standard exemplar:


C standard exemplar


This document has important information that summarises the key findings from a review into child injury prevention strategies.




This is a scaffold that will help you to structure your investigation


These are the results from the Child Injury Prevention survey conducted using google docs



These two videos demonstrate how to use the data from the survey.

How to use the survey data part 1 -

http://youtu.be/3-Qy2M0NA2Y

How to use the survey data part 2

http://youtu.be/sb1ZfYWRFKs

INTRODUCTION, STATISTICS AND GENERAL INFORMATION

This file has 12 key facts about child injury prevention and is a very important starting place for this investigation.



WHO / UNICEF World Report on Child Injury Prevention

This is a link to the companion publication 'Have Fun, Be Safe' aimed at children from 7-12 yrs old.
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/child/injury/world_report/Child_friendly_English.pdf

This chart gives an overview of child safety at different ages and stages of development from birth to 12+ years, identifying the risks and the safety actions.


This website explores a wide range of issues concerning kids health and safety
http://kidshealth.org/parent/

UNICEF _ THe terrible toll of child injuries
http://fieldnotes.unicefusa.org/2008/12/newsnet_the_terrible_toll_of_c.html

World Injury report - Fact sheets
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/child/injury/world_report/fact_sheets/en/index.html

World report:-Tables, figures and maps; - as used in the report
http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/child/injury/world_report/data/en/index.html

Main messages from the world report on child injuries


Recommendations form World report


Flinders University research: Trends in child Injury death - report & graphs
http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/pubs/bulletin15/bulletin15-Trends.html

What is being done?

KIDS is an acronym for Kids In Dangerous Situations and we exist to try to redress the startling childhood injury statistics in Australia. Every day, more than 5,000 children are injured unintentionally and of those, more than 100 require hospital attention. More children die from injury than from disease.
http://www.kidsfoundation.org.au/




Raising children network website
http://raisingchildren.net.au/safety/toddlers_safety.html

Mandatory Standards - What isbeing done by government?


What can you do?


The Royal Children's Hospital Safety Centre has put together a number of publications aimed at educating parents on keepingtheir children safe.

ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES

World Report - Road trazffic injuries


Neuroscience research Australia: We are studying how these injuries occur, and how changes to the types and design of child car restraints can reduce serious injuries and death.
http://www.neura.edu.au/health/child-injury

reducing the risks - accident and injury
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Accidents_and_injury_reducing_the_risks

Driveway Safety Campaign -
http://www.kidsafevic.com.au/driveway-safety/safety/driveway-safety

DROWNING

World report - Children and drowning

National Drowning report 2010 - Australia
http://www.royallifesaving.com.au/www/html/2629-2010-national-drowning-report-.asp

Pool safety fencing laws
http://www.chw.edu.au/kidshealth/pool_fencing/

Lax pool fencing laws are confusing
http://www.news.com.au/lax-pool-fencing-laws-are-confusing/story-e6frea83-1225939617625

Keep Watch Home Pool Safety Inspector

BURNS

World report - Children and burns

Safety fact sheet - Hot water

Wesite that takes you to lots of strategies that are being put in place to try to help to prevent burns. - including posters!
http://www.chw.edu.au/parents/kidshealth/burns_prevention/

An on line game for kids to help prevent burns
http://www.chw.edu.au/prof/services/burns_unit/burns_prevention/

Some good information about government initiatives for burns. A speech in the house of reps.
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/news/magazine/40/40_burns.htm
The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, has a Victorian Burns Prevention Partnership (VBPP) with a number of other organisations and they put out a newsletter called Stay Safe.
There are three copies of it here.







General information on burns and scalds
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Burns_and_scalds_children?open

FALLS

World report - Children and falls


Protect your child from falls from windows and balconies - Fact Sheet
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/campaigns/childsafety/pdf/factsheet_eng.pdf

POISONING

World report - Children and fpoisoning

Safeguarding against poisons
http://www.childsafetyaustralia.com.au/community/poisons/poisons.htm

Kids and poisons - keeping children safe
http://www.chw.health.nsw.gov.au/parents/kidshealth/poison_safety_brochure.pdf

Report: Why does child resistant packaging fail?
http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/health/injury/downloads/barriers.pdf

CHOKING

How to stop choking - first aid

http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/pip_choking.html

GENERAL INFORMATION - CHOKING
http://www.kidspot.com.au/familyhealth/Injuries-&-Safety-First-Aid-Choking+4243+218+article.htm

Prevention of choking, suffocation and strangulation in young children

http://www.gtp.com.au/kidsafesa/inewsfiles/4986%20prevention%20of%20choking%20FS%20V2proof.pdf

Safety fact Sheet - Preventing Choking

http://www.chw.health.nsw.gov.au/parents/kidshealth/safety_factsheets/pdf/how_to_prevent_children_from_choking_on_food.pdf

Toddlers and choking

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Toddlers_and_choking?open

How to stop choking

http://www.abc.net.au/parenting/parenting_in_pictures/choking.htm

Safety Issues for Babies

Babycare Safety Issues
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Baby_care_safety_issues

Bottle feeding safety issues
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Bottle_feeding_safety_issues

Babies Today - Home Safety Issues
http://www.babiestoday.com/articles/home-safety-issues-25/

Babies Today - General Safety Issues
http://www.babiestoday.com/articles/general-safety-issues-24/
Here are some videos of babies that highlight some safety issues. Look at how accidents happen - how might they have been prevented?




This is a more serious little known danger in the home - batteries

Slideshare - Child Injury

http://www.slideshare.net/llleu/child-injuries



http://www.slideshare.net/AshleyLettieri/injury-prevention-in-children